[WikiEN-l] Moderation on this mailing list

[Ron Ritzman]

On 2/21/07, Parker Peters <parkerpeters1002 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's not the obvious vandalism that's a problem, it's the number of people,
> growing every day, who see an article, try to fix it, and get whacked by an
> over-eager, over-egoed, over-caffeine-dosed admin who's lost the ability to
> distinguish from a real vandal and someone trying to [[Be Bold]] and fix a
> problem.

I can see two possible patterns a newbie editor can get into when
trying to "fix" a "defended" article.

1. bold/revert/talk/shrug/go play elsewhere

2. bold/revert/bold/revert/bold/revert/go WTF on talk
page/bold/revert/bold/revert/
bold/revert/more dickery on talk
page/block/sockpuppets/block/lather/rinse/repeat

As far as you know, have any of these innocent newbie editors drew the
wrath of a "rogue admin" following pattern 1?